Quotes About Reflection

Emptying the ashtrays was very expressive of myself. I just lump everything in a great heap which I have labeled 'the past,' and having thus emptied this deep reservoir that was once myself, I am ready to continue.

Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow? Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow.

It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.

What he found impossible was to shut off his brain, to detach himself from the intriguing problems with which (he) was involved, or to leave alone the major problems of war and peace, race and poverty, man's inhumanity to man and the persistence of stupidity.

If the grass on the other side of the fence is greener, try watering your side.

If you're in a hurry to find happiness, slow down. Give it a chance to catch up with you.

Your suffering is something you choose. Experience it fully. Without it you will not achieve personal growth and higher consciousness.

My only ritual is making sure everyone leaves me alone.

Death will get you sober.

Before enlightenment — chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment — chop wood, carry water.

Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day.

Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom.

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

She was talking to a something deep in me that never got talked to, that hardly even had words.

The reason we have two ears and only one mouth, is that we may hear more and speak less.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

Ea îl aÈ™teapt?, aÈ™a cum a cerut, È™i chiar dac? n-a cerut ea aÈ™teapt?, È™i poate nu pe el, ci trecutul, care în parte era È™i al lui, pentru c? acum i se pare c? nici o fapt? pe care a f?ptuit-o de atunci È™i nici o tr?ire pe care s tr?it-o de atunci È™i nici un sim??mânt pe care l-a simÈ›it de atunci nu au izbutit s? fie mai presus de trecutul acela.

Today, I went to sleep under a plum tree. There, I dreamed I was a butterfly, flying so pleasently. Then, I fell asleep, and the dream ended. Now- I have to ask myself - am I Zhuang Zi who dreamed of a butterfly? Or am I that butterfly, dreaming I am Zhuang Zi?

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without for much knowledge is a curse.

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.

To forget the whole world is easy; to make the whole world forget you is hard.

When I speak of good hearing, I do not mean listening to others; I mean simply listening to yourself. When I speak of good eyesight, I do not mean looking at others; I mean simply looking at yourself. He who does not look at himself but looks at others, who does not get hold of himself but gets hold of others, is getting what other men have got and failing to get what he himself has got. He finds joy in what brings joy to other men, but finds no joy in what would bring joy to himself.

When a man does not dwell in self, then things will of themselves reveal their forms to him. His movement is like that of water, his stillness like that of a mirror, his responses like those of an echo.